1 Kings 16:33
“And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.”
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Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Ahab made a grove - אשרה Asherah, Astarte, or Venus; what the Syriac calls an idol, and the Arabic, a tall tree;…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Kings 16:29-34
We have here the beginning of the reign of Ahab, of whom we have more particulars recorded than of any of the kings of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
And Ahab made a grove R.V. the Ashêrah. That is, the image which was to represent the female divinity, of which Baal was…
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